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Runway Direction (GB052)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

Name

RunwayDirection

Kind

Type

Definition

One of the two possible landing and/or take-off directions of a runway or Final Approach and Take-off Area (FATO).

Description

One runway direction is associated with only one runway endpoint.

Synonyms

Runway End

Accepted

2013-10-18

Attributes

APM Approach Capability Markings — multiplicity 0..1; datatype RunwayDirection_approachCapMarkingsMeta; values: APM_1 Visual, APM_2 Non-precision, APM_3 Precision
RID Runway Designator — multiplicity 0..1; datatype CharacterStringMeta
RXD Runway Extensibility Distance — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureMeta
MAH Runway Magnetic Heading — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureMeta
TRH Runway True Heading — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureMeta
SGC Surface Slope — multiplicity 0..1; datatype MeasureIntervalMeta

Associations

RunwayDirectionAeroRadioNavigationService → GA034 Aeronautical Radio Navigation Service (0..*)
RunwayDirectionIfrTakeoffMinInfo → ZI089 Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Takeoff Minimum Information (0..1)
RunwayDirectionLandHoldShortOpHoldPoint → GB069 Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO) Hold Short Point (0..*)
RunwayDirectionMagneticVariationInfo → ZI103 Magnetic Variation Information (0..1)
RunwayDirectionRunwayDeclaredDistInfo → ZI043 Runway Declared Distance Information (0..*)

Inverse associations

approachLightingSystem (inverse of RunwayDirectionApproachLightingSystem) → GB485 Approach Lighting System (0..*)
arrestingSystem (inverse of RunwayDirectionArrestingSystem) → GB020 Arresting System (0..1)
clearway (inverse of RunwayDirectionClearway) → GB096 Clearway (0..*)
endpoint (inverse of RunwayDirectionRunwayEndpoint) → GB056 Runway Endpoint ()
radarReflector (inverse of RunwayDirectionRunwayRadarReflector) → GB060 Runway Radar Reflector (0..*)
threshold (inverse of RunwayDirectionRunwayThreshold) → GB090 Runway Threshold (0..1)
stopway (inverse of RunwayDirectionStopway) → GB045 Stopway (0..1)
visualAppSlopeIndSystem (inverse of RunwayDirectionVisualAppSlopeIndSystem) → GB480 Visual Approach Slope Indicator System (VASIS) (0..*)
runway (inverse of RunwayRunwayDirection) → GB055 Runway (0..*)

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